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Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
82953
World Ranking
3196
National Ranking
115

Francisco J. Varela publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francisco J. Varela sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 154 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Francisco J. Varela D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francisco J. Varela sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Francisco J. Varela was affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily contributed to the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Health Informatics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their publications addressed a range of topics such as Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI, Machine Learning in Healthcare, Polyomavirus and related diseases, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus.

Among their recent papers were:

  • Teaching NeuroImage: Shrimp Sign in Ataxic Cerebellar Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, 2023, published in Neurology
  • Validation of an Artificial Intelligence-Powered Virtual Assistant for Emergency Triage in Neurology, 2025, published in The Neurologist
  • Global Rostral Midbrain Syndrome (GRMS) and Corpus callosum infarction in the context of shunt overdrainage, 2021, published in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome and COVID-19 Vaccine: A Multicenter Retrospective Study of 46 Cases, 2023, published in Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
  • Optic tract and internal capsule lesion in a patient with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, 2020, published in Journal of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience

The frequent coauthors listed alongside their name included Juan Ignacio Castiglione, Mauricio Farez, Lucas Alessandro, Santiago Crema, and Daiana Dossi.

Their work appeared repeatedly in the following venues:

  • The Neurologist
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
  • Journal of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience

During their career, Francisco J. Varela received a number of recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1983 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

  • Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living

    Humberto R. Maturana;Francisco J. Varela;Stafford Beer

  • The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

    Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thompson;Eleanor Rosch

  • The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding

    Humberto R. Maturana;Francisco J. Varela

  • Autopoiesis and Cognition

    Humberto R. Maturana;Francisco J. Varela

  • The Embodied Mind

    Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thompson;Eleanor Rosch

  • Measuring phase synchrony in brain signals

    Jean-Philippe Lachaux;Eugenio Rodriguez;Jacques Martinerie;Francisco J. Varela

  • Perception's shadow: long-distance synchronization of human brain activity.

    Eugenio Rodriguez;Nathalie George;Jean-Philippe Lachaux;Jacques Martinerie

  • NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY A Methodological Remedy for the Hard Problem

    F J Varela

  • Radical embodiment: neural dynamics and consciousness.

    Evan Thompson;Francisco J. Varela

  • Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition

    Francisco J. Varela

  • L'inscription corporelle de l'esprit : sciences cognitives et expérience humaine

    Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thomson;Eleanor Rosch

  • Conocer: las ciencias cognitivas, tendencias y perspectivas : cartografía de las ideas actuales

    Francisco J. Varela

  • Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science

    Jean Petitot;Francisco J. Varela;Bernard Pachoud;Jean-Michel Roy

  • De cuerpo presente: las ciencias cognitivas y la experiencia humana

    Francisco J. Varela;Eleanor Rosch;Evan Thompson

  • The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

    Daniel C. Dennett;Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thompson;Eleanor Rosch

  • The View From Within: First-Person Approaches to the Study of Consciousness

    J. Shear;Francisco J. Varela

  • First-person methodologies: What, why, how?

    Francisco Varela;Jonathan Shear

  • Invitation aux sciences cognitives

    Francisco J. Varela

  • Guiding the study of brain dynamics by using first-person data: Synchrony patterns correlate with ongoing conscious states during a simple visual task

    Antoine Lutz;Jean-Philippe Lachaux;Jacques Martinerie;Francisco J. Varela

  • Life after Kant: Natural purposes and the autopoietic foundations of biological individuality

    Andreas Weber;Francisco J. Varela

  • Epileptic seizures can be anticipated by non-linear analysis

    J. Martinerie;C. Adam;M. Le Van Quyen;M. Baulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan Thompson
Evan Thompson University of British Columbia
Jacques Martinerie
Jacques Martinerie Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bernard Renault
Bernard Renault Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Philippe Lachaux
Jean-Philippe Lachaux Inserm
Michel Baulac
Michel Baulac Sorbonne University
Hugues Bersini
Hugues Bersini Université Libre de Bruxelles
Michel Le Van Quyen
Michel Le Van Quyen Sorbonne University
Claude Adam
Claude Adam Université Paris Cité
Stéphane Clemenceau
Stéphane Clemenceau Université Paris Cité
Antoine Lutz
Antoine Lutz Inserm

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